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Mini farmers markets coming back in season

It's not even mid-April but the weather in Minneapolis is warming up fast. In a matter of months IATP's mini farmers markets will be back in operation. Our friends at Catalyst have created a video explaining what our Mini Farmers Market project is and how you can get one started in your neighborhood.

On job creation—local fruits and vegetables vs. corn and soybeans

It turns out that foods that are better for you may also be better for farmers and local job creation.

Untold costs of the food import boom

As global food trade expands, food companies want uniform food safety standards. For the multinational food company, an ideal world would have a set of global standards. If a food production export facility met those standards, the company could freely export anywhere around the world. But what if the global standards weren't strong enough to ensure safety?

FDA slow to act on food dyes

Despite growing concerns about the potential adverse effects of most currently approved food dyes, the Food and Drug Administration continues to sit on the sidelines. Meanwhile, many food companies have stopped using these food dyes of concern in European markets but continue to use them for the same foods sold in the U.S. market.

The Minneapolis Mini Farmers Market Project

While some Minneapolis neighborhoods enjoy a bountiful supply of healthy foods, others do not. IATP’s Minneapolis Mini Farmers Market project is helping to address this challenge by bringing fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods that lack healthy food options. Farmers markets

Farm to school numbers up—and rising

A new survey, released today by the Minnesota School Nutrition Association (MSNA) and IATP, can serve as both encouragement for farm to school advocates and as a road map for schools, administrators or farmers looking to get involved in the growing movement.

Follow-up on cheap food policy

Last week, we wrote about the lastest issue of Health Affairs, which zeroes in strategies for addressing childhood obesity.

Cheap food policy contributing to childhood obesity

Minneapolis – A decades-old “cheap food” policy has helped create a broken U.S. food system where unhealthy foods are both cheaper and more available to children than are healthy foods, writes the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s David Wallinga, M.D.

Three experts on child nutrition

The new episode of IATP's Radio Sustain looks at child nutrition through three very distinct lenses. First, Rod Leonard, former USDA official and IATP board member, shares his experience of helping launch the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program in the late 1960s.

Chasing the chemical of the month

IATP Senior Policy Analyst Kathleen Schuler has written a new commentary entitled "Toxic chemicals are costing us—and we're paying with our health" that calls attention to the "toxic-chemical-of-the-month cycle" in which one chemical is banned (say, lead in children's products) then quickly replaced by an equ

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